· Sacramento, California

March Fong Eu Sworn In as California Secretary of State

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On January 6, 1975, March Fong Eu was sworn in as California Secretary of State — the first Asian American elected to statewide constitutional office in the United States, and earlier the first Asian American woman elected to the California legislature.

Communities
  • Chinese American
Topics
  • politics
Event type
  • achievement/first
Identity lens
  • women

Sources

  • sos.ca.gov sos.ca.gov/administration/news-releases-and-advisories/2017-news-releases-and-advisories/honorable-march-fong-eu-former-california-secretary-state-and-ambassador-federated-states-micronesia-dies
  • nbcnews.com nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/march-fong-eu-first-female-california-secretary-state-dies-95-n832641

Also on January 6

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1895 Wilcox Rebellion (Counter-Revolution)

Royalists led by Robert Wilcox mounted an armed attempt to restore Queen Liliʻuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom; the Republic crushed it in three days, then arrested the Queen on Jan 16 and forced her abdication on Jan 24.